A cybersecurity expert explains what retailers are using biometric facial recognition technology and what this means for you.

Consumers must give "informed consent" for their biometric data to be used, according to state officials.

A woman scans face using facial recognition system on smartphone. Smartphones unlocking at a glance. Palm payments for in-store shopping. Eye scans to pass through airport security. What were once sci ...

Wegmans, a popular supermarket chain, is now scanning the faces of customers and storing data so its security system can recognize them.

Supermarkets such as Wegmans and ShopRite have been coy about where they use biometric devices like facial recognition technology, but they do use it.

Federal agencies are increasingly relying on facial recognition to verify the identities of U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, with ...

Wegmans, which has one location on Long Island, in Lake Grove, and about 50 statewide, has deployed facial recognition cameras at its two city stores to combat theft and to "identify individuals who ...

But while Gothamist’s reporting this month put Wegmans in the spotlight, the Rochester-based chain is by no means the only retailer in New York City using some form of facial recognition and biometric ...

Grocery chain Wegmans came under fire earlier this month after signage at its New York City stores revealed it was collecting ...

Erie County legislators Lawrence Dupre (D) and Lindsay Lorigo (R) have proposed a law that would require entities to inform the public if biometric data is being collected.

The UK has announced large-scale policing reforms, including new investments into artificial intelligence and increased Live ...

Smartphones unlocking at a glance. Palm payments for in-store shopping. Eye scans to pass through airport security. What were once sci-fi fantasies are now a reality. Biometrics such as fingerprints, ...